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Y'know, it is possible to play PBEM without PBW... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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[quote]Originally posted by geoschmo:
Servers down again. Obviously I am not qualified to be diagnosing problems like this. I am punting. Taking it to the shop like I should have Last week instead of trying to fix it myself.

Sorry guys. No eta this time. I will let you know when I do.

Very Frustrated Geoschmo[/QUOTE

Don’t sweat it Geo, computers can be evil when they want to. If you want to run some diagnostics by it, email me.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yes, we all know that.
I for one did it for about 10 years before finding PBW server, but PBW simplifies large games very much!

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Hmmm, its a shame that it's down again. Ahh well, better for it to be down for a few more days then to have it up now only for it to blow up again and have to wait on more parts.
Take your timr Geo and have it done right so as to avoid future problems. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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Wow, these are serious withdrawal symptoms. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

But guys, there are benefits to everything, if we are willing to look for it.

Now you can put all that time and energy which would be spend attacking an opponent into "attacking" your wives/girlfriends.

Well, "attack" may not exactly be a good word to use, but you know what I mean. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

We just need to bit more subtle about it.

"What's going on Bob?"

"I just want to get to know you better!"

"Yes, but for three years you hardly noticed me and now you are all over me."

"Can I help it if I want you so bad!"

"You do?"

"Yes baby, I do!"

"Ohhhhhh Bob.

"Yes, baby."

Ohhhh Bob....more to the left."

"Oh yes, baby yes...."

Ring

"Oh, Oh, oh booooobbbb...."

Ring

"Oh baby, oh baby."

Telephone answering machine speaks, "Hey Bob! You there? With PBW down so long, us guys are going crazy not playing SE4. We are thinking of hooking up a few machines and...

Shriek....

Bob, barely makes it out of the bedroom alive. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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Recent conversation at home:
"Hey, Marie, Your mineral planets are the best! Should we beware of your strange warp point?"

[ January 09, 2003, 06:57: Message edited by: Ruatha ]

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Thank you Cirvol for talking me down off the edge there...

Geo, put down the server and step back. Don't do anything stupid now Geo. Let's talk...

Damn video drivers. Damn video drivers. Must have got corrupted when the MB failed Last week.

Looks like it's staying up now and I have run all the turns that tried to run and failed yesterday. So you may have a turn waiting for you in your mail box if you are one of the lucky ones. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Thanks again for all you patience.

Oh, and think good thoughts.

Geoschmo

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GLORY GLORY.

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Ehh... I can't log in. How come? Is sais my password is incorrect.

Good work with getting it back Online!

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A great! It worked. I clicked vigurously on the "Get Password" Button and voila! I got the password in my mail. Sorry to bother ya all.

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always glad to help out http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

you forget how much of a self interest we have in keeping pbw running ;p

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At times I joke around a lot, but this time, I do have something serious to say.

The first time PBW was down, I wrote the "Chicken Little" thing with the sky falling down, thinking it was very funny.

I know now that it was a way of releasing my own tension.

But in doing so, maybe, inadvertently, I transfered some of it to George.

Sometimes, I don't think we recognize or appreciate the service George is doing.

George, I want you to know that I really appreciate your efforts and the consideration you have shown us.

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After the sacrifice, the orks shamans salvage the worst part of the body (the brain) and let it rot so that if Geo comes by, he'll be given a meal worthy of his courage.

[ January 09, 2003, 15:08: Message edited by: Unknown_Enemy ]

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Thanks Tbontob. And while I did do the work, I cannot take all the credit. Everyone of you that donated to PBW have a share in this cause without you we could not have afforded to get the parts.

And a particular thanks to GozGuy and Cirvol for answering lots of stupid questions. Although I work in computer support, all of my work is very application specific so I don't know much more than the average user about windows, and the Last time I cracked open a pc case is was a 386. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

Unknown_Enemy. Thanks, and uh... yumm? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Geoschmo

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WOOHOO!!! PBW is back up and running like there was never a problem. I can feel the hackles on the back of my neck going down as the worst of my withdrawal symptoms begin to subside!!

Thanks to Cirvol and Gozguy for really helping Geo get this going again.

And, of course, a huge "YOU DA MAN!!" thank you to Geo for running this thing at all...never mind through these major breakdowns.

Now back to the game! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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Thank you http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif Been a VERY long time...
Nice to see it back up http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Here here! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

I'm waiting for pay-day and hopefully I can send another Pay-pal payment.

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Great job on getting it back up and running again... one odd thing, though. It seems to be 12 hours off--AM/PM are reversed.

Can you change it without throwing off the 24-hour cycle of current games? Or will games scheduled to calc within the next 12 hours get cranked when you move the clock ahead?

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Glad to hear it's back up....

Hope it doesn't have anymore problems.

KirbyEF

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">So I am. Just after Christmas, january is a difficult month. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

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Woohoo http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

A 4-turn fix in less than 24 hours! ('Course, the wife feels a bit lonely.)

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my solution to the sig.other being 'lonely'

get them to act as your secretary or foreign advisor/minister/secretary... women are better at communication anyway right? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif get them to do the yak'in while you do the wack'in http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

(note: this may not work for all sig.others (like mine) cuz some of em just can't get 'into' it... oh well, just put those types in front of a tv with friends reruns etc http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

wow... feels like friday eh?

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http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif Well, wifey sat down Last week and did the tutorial. She did a few more turns. Some AI whacked her scout ship and she asked, "What do I do now?"

I guess she's better at flamin' mechs on the Zone... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/rolleyes.gif

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Some of the Posts about getting the sig.other involved are hilarious! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

But the discussion does bring up a very good point.

Is it possible to have a game with a guy/gal teams. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

The wack'in and yak'in division is interesting.

Would it promote better relations between the "duo players" Or would there be major discord (the guy wants the super-duper annihilator weapon whereas his she wants to trade for Farm Facility 2).

And would it spill over and have major repercussions in other areas of their daily life (the wife/girlfriend is so pissed at being pressured to get the super-duper weapon that she starts to withhold certain "interactions" with her sig.other). http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Guys, are we stepping into something where angels fear to tread? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Aha, I thought it was off, but it being exactly 12 hours was throwing me. Thank you for pointing that out.

Normally I could not change the time without kicking off at least a couple games, but right now I still have the autoprocessing off so no games will run because of time limits anyway. They either have to have all turns in or the game owner has to force the turn manually to run from the game admin screen.

Geoschmo

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Nobody freak out but I am taking the server offline for a few minutes to do some updates. Will be back before you know it most likely.

Geoschmo

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already...getting...shakes.....PBW...must...be.... down....

Geo...save...please...must...have...P..B..W

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

(this message brought to you by one of your great fans who lives for the glorious fun PBW has added to SEIV. This fan loves those abbreviations, once he figures them out..EB, TDM, TDB, IIRC, IMHO, LMAO, ETC, ETC, ETC)

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Whew, thanks for writing Geo! I was about to FREAK OUT!!!! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

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Amazing that I try to check stuff out in those few moments...LOL.

OK, crossing fingers in case it's necessary.

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Ok, updates done. Server is back Online.

Geoschmo

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PBW down again?
or just me can't connect from Hongkong?

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It's working for me. China doesn't want you to explore space in the I-net?

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It was down when Dreamplace posted, and most of the day yesterday. It was back up though by the time Mephisto posted. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin...;f=23;t=007883

[ January 13, 2003, 15:14: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

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Down again?
It seems so, I can't get in. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

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Yup, it is down again. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

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The problem might not be PBW this time.
I'm having trouble connecting to some other US sites (IBM for example), but obviously not all of them. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">ibm is ok here but pbw still down http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

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No news from Geo today... Or again it is the difference in time zones and he is still sleeping... or his ISP has problems and he cannot post any updates here... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif

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It is 4:23 AM for Geo. Give the man some time to sleep. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[ June 10, 2003, 10:20: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

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It's down again. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

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I hope he don't go public with his home adress.
Imagine 3 or 4 am in the morning, fast asleep when a mob of PBW players comes knocking down the door,
"-Just wanted to let you know the site is down, can you fix it when you wake up? We hope you don't have anything else to do!
Please, go back to sleep now and We'll just sit here waiting in the corner."

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I know that you all know this already, but one sure fire way of helping him keep the server going is to donate $ to the project.

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Yeah, having ISP troubles. No ETA, but these things don't usually take too long.

Geoschmo

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Hehehe, and now it appears to be working. Anyone still not able to connect?

Geoschmo

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">nope, no problems here.

It works. YAY! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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when one of you pbw admins get a chance... check out the admin request section http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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Sorry to pee in the soup folks.. but I get a range check on the .gam file for my current game (Sweet Game 1.49 #1, tescosamoa is running it). I suspect a server problem, is that feasible? Is it occurring with other games?

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I think it might be a DNS problem - using the text name doesn't work, but using the numbers [66.134.102.75] pops it right up. heh.

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Just redownload the game file. It happens sometimes. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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Rigelian. The problem you are having is jsut with your game. I have notified the game owner and the player whose turn is causing the problem. Will get you going as soon as possible.

Atari, I don't think anyone else is having the same problem you are. Although sometimes DNS problems are limited to certain geographical areas, so it is possible.

Geoschmo